LGBTQIA+

LGBTQIA+

For LGBTQIA+ youth in particular, school can be a tricky place to explore who they are and how they identify, especially if they face harassment, discrimination, or a lack of resources. This list of resources has been compiled with extensive assistance on the part of Mr. Knapp for both faculty and student use. Its goal is to provide age-appropriate and developmentally-appropriate resources that meet all of our faculty and students where they are when addressing LGBTQIA+ visibility and inclusion.

Websites:

• Scholastic "Read with Pride" Resource Guide- updated 2023.

• The Family Acceptance Project: A research, intervention, education and policy initiative that works to prevent health and mental health risks for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBTQ+) children and youth, including suicide, homelessness, drug use and HIV – in the context of their families, cultures and faith communities.

• GLAAD: For over 30 years, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation has been at the forefront of cultural change, accelerating acceptance for the LGBTQ+ community.

• GLSEN: Every day the Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network works to ensure that LGBTQ+ students are able to learn and grow in a school environment free from bullying and harassment.

• GSA Network: The Gay-Straight Alliance Network supports LGBTQ+ youth organizers across the country to take action and create change at all levels, from school-based campaigns that impact individual school districts to national days of action that unite GSAs for racial and gender justice.

• PBS Learning Media: PBS provides a series of digital media resources to help administrators, guidance counselors, and educators understand and address the complex and difficult issues faced by LGBTQ+ students.

• Pronouns Matter: Describes personal pronouns, why they matter, and how to use them to promote understanding and equity.

• Protective Factors for LGBTQ Youth: Find information for Health and Education Professionals.

• The Trevor Project: Founded in 1998 by the creators of the Academy Award®-winning short film TREVOR, The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning (LGBTQ+) young people under 25.

eBooks:

• Destiny Collections: Find links to many websites, books, and eBooks in the LGBTQIA+ Collection.

• Sora: Login to your school eBook account and search for the following titles:

1. The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta

2. Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan

3. The Family Fletcher Takes Rock Island by Dana Alison Levy

4. Hazel’s Theory of Evolution by Lisa Jenn Bigelow

5. The List of Things That Will Not Change by Rebecca Stead

6. Love, Creekwood a Simonverse Novella by Becky Albertalli

7. The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood

8. Some Girls Bind by Rory James

9. Hazel Bly and the Deep Blue Sea by Ashley Herring Blake

10. Hazel’s Theory of Evolution by Lisa Jenn Bigelow

11. Hurricane Child by Kacen Callender

12. Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World by Ashley Herring Blake

13. Felix Yz by Lisa Bunker

14. Better Nate Than Ever by Tim Federle

15. The Insiders by Mark Oshiro

16. Melissa by Alex Gino

17. Alice Austin Lived Here by Alex Gino

18. Drum Roll, Please  by Lisa Jenn Bigelow

19. Gay & Lesbian History for Kids: by Jerome Pohlen

20. A Boy Named Queen by Sara Cassidy

21. Different Kinds of Fruit by Kyle Lukoff

22. A Home for Goddesses and Dogs by Leslie Connor

23. Too Bright to See by Kyle Lukoff

24. The Mighty Heart of Sunny St. James by Ashley Herring Blake

25. The Best at It by Maulik Pancholy

26. Heartstopper Volume 1 by Alice Oseman